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Adding admin area - TamasD - 07-12-2018
Hi,
I created the frontend of my app and now I'd like to create an admin dashboard.
I created an Admin.php controller with the following content:
PHP Code:
<?php
class Admin extends CI_Controller
{
public function view($page = 'dashboard')
{
if(!file_exists(APPPATH . 'views/admin/' . $page . '.php')) {
show_404();
}
$data['title'] = ucfirst($page);
$this->load->view('templates/back/admin_header');
$this->load->view('admin/' . $page, $data);
$this->load->view('templates/back/admin_footer');
}
}
I created dashboard.php in views/admin
but I cannot access the page. If i try to access it like this: http://localhost:8080/ci/admin/view/dashboard
then it's ok, but I'd like to access the admin dashboard like this: http://localhost:8080/ci/admin/
I guess my route is incorrect, I used this:
PHP Code:
$route['admin'] = 'admin/dashboard';
i'm new to CI and I'm just tinkering with it to learn, but I can't figure this out. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
RE: Adding admin area - php_rocs - 07-12-2018
@TamasD
Here is a link to the documentation about URI routing ( https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html?highlight=routing )
RE: Adding admin area - TamasD - 07-12-2018
(07-12-2018, 03:15 PM)php_rocs Wrote: @TamasD
Here is a link to the documentation about URI routing ( https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html?highlight=routing )
Yes, i checked it already, but not sure what would be the solution for me.
RE: Adding admin area - salain - 07-12-2018
Hi,
Your route should be:
PHP Code:
$route['admin'] = 'admin/view';
This will work as your method default to 'dashboard'
RE: Adding admin area - enlivenapp - 07-13-2018
The short version is your route is looking for the Admin Controller with a 'dashboard' Method. It should be looking for the Admin Controller with the View Method. You're close, almost there.
To expand and explain a bit on previous answers;
I've assumed you've not removed index.php from your URL below and in application/config/config.php `base_url` = 'http://example.com'
according to your controller's default $page = 'dashboard'
PHP Code:
$route['admin'] = 'admin/view';
To change the page, you would call something like this:
http://example.com/index.php/admin/settings
http://example.com/index.php/admin/themes
etc...
which will load the views/settings.php and views/themes.php files respectively.
Lastly, you don't *need* to define a route (unless you want to) usually, that controller would be accessible without any routes defined via:
http://example.com/index.php/admin/view
http://example.com/index.php/admin/view/dashboard
http://example.com/index.php/admin/view/settings
http://example.com/index.php/admin/view/themes
since magic routing is available all the time.
The "magic" routing is: http://example.com/[controller]/[method]/[$param1]/[$param2]... etc
Good luck and welcome to CodeIgniter!
RE: Adding admin area - TamasD - 07-13-2018
@enlivenapp and @salain: thanks very much
